| | 1 | -*- mode: org; coding: utf-8; -*- |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | #+TITLE: Hacking GNU Guix and Its Incredible Distro |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> |
| | 6 | Copyright © 2015, 2017 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> |
| | 7 | Copyright © 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> |
| | 8 | Copyright © 2017 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, |
| | 11 | are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright |
| | 12 | notice and this notice are preserved. |
| | 13 | |
| | 14 | * Contributing |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | See the manual for useful hacking informations, either by running |
| | 17 | |
| | 18 | info -f doc/guix.info "Contributing" |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | or by checking the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Contributing][web copy of the manual]]. |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | * Commit Access |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | For frequent contributors, having write access to the repository is |
| | 25 | convenient. When you deem it necessary, feel free to ask for it on the |
| | 26 | mailing list. When you get commit access, please make sure to follow the |
| | 27 | policy below (discussions of the policy can take place on guix-devel@gnu.org.) |
| | 28 | |
| | 29 | Non-trivial patches should always be posted to guix-patches@gnu.org (trivial |
| | 30 | patches include fixing typos, etc.) This mailing list fills the |
| | 31 | patch-tracking database at [[https://bugs.gnu.org/guix-patches]]; see |
| | 32 | "Contributing" in the manual for details. |
| | 33 | |
| | 34 | For patches that just add a new package, and a simple one, it’s OK to commit, |
| | 35 | if you’re confident (which means you successfully built it in a chroot setup, |
| | 36 | and have done a reasonable copyright and license auditing.) Likewise for |
| | 37 | package upgrades, except upgrades that trigger a lot of rebuilds (for example, |
| | 38 | upgrading GnuTLS or GLib.) We have a mailing list for commit notifications |
| | 39 | (guix-commits@gnu.org), so people can notice. Before pushing your changes, |
| | 40 | make sure to run ‘git pull --rebase’. |
| | 41 | |
| | 42 | All commits that are pushed to the central repository on Savannah must be |
| | 43 | signed with an OpenPGP key, and the public key should be uploaded to your user |
| | 44 | account on Savannah and to public key servers, such as ‘pgp.mit.edu’. To |
| | 45 | configure Git to automatically sign commits, run: |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | git config commit.gpgsign true |
| | 48 | git config user.signingkey CABBA6EA1DC0FF33 |
| | 49 | |
| | 50 | You can prevent yourself from accidentally pushing unsigned commits to |
| | 51 | Savannah by using the pre-push Git hook called located at ‘etc/git/pre-push’: |
| | 52 | |
| | 53 | cp etc/git/pre-push .git/hooks/pre-push |
| | 54 | |
| | 55 | When pushing a commit on behalf of somebody else, please add a Signed-off-by |
| | 56 | line at the end of the commit log message (e.g. with ‘git am --signoff’). |
| | 57 | This improves tracking of who did what. |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | For anything else, please post to guix-patches@gnu.org and leave time for a |
| | 60 | review, without committing anything. If you didn’t receive any reply |
| | 61 | after two weeks, and if you’re confident, it’s OK to commit. |
| | 62 | |
| | 63 | That last part is subject to being adjusted, allowing individuals to commit |
| | 64 | directly on non-controversial changes on parts they’re familiar with. |
| | 65 | |
| | 66 | * Using emacs-debbugs |
| | 67 | |
| | 68 | Bug reports and patches are tracked using debbugs. If you are on emacs, you |
| | 69 | can use emacs-debbugs. |
| | 70 | |
| | 71 | List all open bug reports on guix-patches with |
| | 72 | |
| | 73 | C-u M-x debbugs-gnu <RET> <RET> guix-patches <RET> n y |
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